TMF Planning and Configuration Guide (H06.05+)

Reconfiguring TMF Processes

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Online Restore

The TMP automatically creates an online restore process whenever a file recovery

process requires that one or more online dumps be restored. The online restore

process copies online dump files from the archive media to disk. When it is finished,

the online restore process is terminated.

If the online restore process stops or abends while TMF is running, the TMP

automatically restarts it. When it is finished, the online restore process is terminated.

The $CMON Process

There is an optional system communications monitor process, called $CMON, that, if

present, participates in determining where new processes are started and the priority

at which they will run. If $CMON exists, the TMP sends a message to it, soliciting

agreement on which processor and priority to use (although it does not usually do so,

$CMON can override the configured attribute values). If $CMON does not exist, the

TMP uses the applicable attribute values from its configuration file.

Changing Process Attributes

You change the attributes of TMF processes by using the TMFCOM ALTER PROCESS

command.

For most TMF processes, you can change the processors in which they run. (The only

exceptions are the TMFMON and TMFMON2 processes, because they run in all

processors in the system.) This is the most commonly recommended way to

reconfigure processes for load balancing.

For all TMF processes, you can also change the following attributes:

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The priority at which the process executes

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The extended and process file segment sizes

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The swap volume used by the process

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The debug mode (INSPECT or DEBUG)

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The home terminal

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The program file name (except for the TMFMON and TMFMON2 processes)

To display and change the currently saved process configurations, use the ALTER

PROCESS command.

You can view or change process configurations only when TMF is started or stopped.

If it is stopped, the TMP must be running. New configuration values for a process do

not take effect until the next time the process is started.